Question juridique clé
Whether the accused was a minor and the juvenile justice system applied
Solution extraite
The accused was not credibly shown to have been under 18 at the time of the offence; adult criminal jurisdiction applied.
Motifs extraits
His late claim that he was born in 1997 was considered a protective assertion. The court relied on his earlier recorded date of birth and found no basis for an age expert, which would not precisely determine the date anyway.